Coachella 2007!

4-26-07
LA to Indio, CA

This morning I woke up and peace out after breakfast and was on my way to Indio, CA for my 3 o’clock call time at Coachella. I was so psyched to work this festival. Not only do I get to work an incredible event, but I get to see one of my favorite people ever, Nicole D.! So excited!! It was a pretty easy drive getting there… the heat turned up a few notches as I dove further into the desert. I arrived, gave my love to miss Nicole and met the guys that I would be working with in the days to come….who happened to be super rad guys. We just chilled out most of the afternoon into the evening until our intro meeting and training sesh. That evening we just met up with some fellow Warped Tour homies and checked out the campground then peaced out for the evening.

4-27-07
Indio, CA – Coachella Day 1 of festival

Day one was pretty chill. My call time was noon but I ended up getting up super early and grabbing breakfast with my roomie, Teresa. Tada Catering is always awesome, especially when you have hot ladies like, Jeneatha, Angel and Shelly taking care of you. I ended up hanging around until call time then the other dudes I was working with decided not to take the shuttle so I had to go get them a new parking pass and deliver it to them…little buggars made me nearly an hour late. We all got together with Nicole and set our schedule for the day and I effing lucked out…I worked from 7-9 and that’s it. The rest of the day I chilled. Met up with Molly and relaxed…enjoyed some music. The line up for day one is below. I was lucky enough to catch the following: Bjork, Interpol, Jesus and Mary Chain, Artic Monkey’s, Peaches, Rufus Wainright, Stephen Marley, Of Montreal, Circa Survive, Silversun Pickups, Amy Winehouse, and Brother Ali. I was pretty psyched. After I was done working I met up with the Circa posse and chilled with them most of the evening. I observed the celebrity playground known as the VIP section. Which was not minimal. Heaps of people swarming, being seen, consuming etc….definitely a sight to see. Anthony, Meredith, Scott, Chris and I all walked down in the mix of things after Interpol played so we could get a good view for Bjork’s set. I am not good in crowds, so I peaced out and took full advantage of my lovely little wristband and went and plopped myself from and center in the barracade for her set. It was effing insane. I love Bjork and I cannot describe to you how awesome it was to be that close and have such an incredible view. I was literally right in front of her…okay, well to the side a little bit. I didn’t want to get trampled by a bunch of photographers. I stayed there for most of her set, but I REALLY enjoy getting different perspectives on shows, so I walked all over the place. I went out deep in the lawn to the sound board and ended up staying there until the end of the set. They had it set up so that there was gnarly 20’ divide down the center so I had a delightful view from where I was. After the show was over Roger and I wondered around back and finished up a job well done for the day back at the Springboard trailors. Such a rad day!!
After I was done, I just cruised back to my condo (that was incredible by the way) at the PGA West Gold course and peaced out for the night.

DAY ONE LINE UUP
. Bjork
. Interpol
. the Jesus and Mary Chain
. Arctic Monkeys
. Jarvis Cocker
. Sonic Youth
. Faithless
. DJ Shadow
. Peeping Tom
. Brazilian Girls
. Peaches
. Felix Da Housecat
. Rufus Wainwright
. Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong
. Nickel Creek
. Digitalism
. Tokyo Police Club
. Comedians of Comedy
. El-P
. Julieta Venegas
. Of Montreal
. Gogol Bordello
. Benny Benassi
. Satellite Party
. Circa Survive
. Silversun Pickups
. Gillian Welch
. Tilly and the Wall
. David Guetta
. Amy Winehouse
. Noisettes
. Evil Nine
. Flosstradamus featuring Kid Sister
. Bus Driver
. Brother Ali


4-28-07 Indio, CA – Day Two Coachella

I got up early again today to go have breckie with Teresa. I lucked out with my schedule again today, 7-9pm and the rest of the day was hang sesh USA. It was awesome. I met up with the Circa posse again after a lovely visit to see miss Victoria. Brendan and I grabbed lunch and then went to this mansion down the way for this DKNY party. I was psyched, the first thing I saw when we got there was a little lady handing out free bevy’s. We rolled in and there was people everywhere. They had DJ’s to entertain us, and the grounds were insanely beautiful. There was a pretty big pool and a pond about 30 feet from the pool that divided it from the lawn where there was a helicopter just chillin. All over the lawn there were double beds drapped in white linens and huge pillows to just chill and relax and enjoy the surroundings. We met a few rad people while were there, then we peaced out so we could go catch a few sets before I had to go work my 2 hour shift. J Below is the line up for the entire day, but I was lucky to catch the following: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Arcade Fire, Tiesto, Kings of Leon, Regina Spektor, Ghostface Killah and Andrew Bird. The evening was fun for a while. I spent a lot of it hanging in Victoria’s office, staying away from large crowds. I met up with Holiday and Sticky and we cruised around until we found the artists campground. It was rad back in there and I wish that I would have hung out longer. I just didn’t have it in me…

Day Two Line Up:

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• the Arcade Fire
• Tiesto
• the Decemberists
• the Good, The Bad and The Queen
• Travis
• Kings of Leon
• Gotan Project
• the Rapture
• LCD Soundsystem
• Blonde Redhead
• the New Pornographers
• the Black Keys
• Regina Spektor
• !!!
• Hot Chip
• MSTRKRFT
• Peter Bjorn & John
• Ozomatli
• Ghostface Killah
• Fountains of Wayne
• Jack's Mannequin
• Sparklehorse
• the Nightwatchman
• Roky Erickson & the Explosives
• Cornelius
• CocoRosie
• Andrew Bird
• the Frames
• the Fratellis
• Justice
• Pharoahe Monch
• Fields
• the Cribs
• Girl Talk
• the Chuck Dukowski Sextet
• Mike Relm
• Busy P
• DJ Mehdi
• Steve Aoki
• DJ Heather
• Yeva
• Pop Levi


4-29-07 Indio, CA
Coachella - Day 3

Today was chill. I changed it up a bit and worked a 3-5 shift and a 9-11 shift to give the other guys a break…I had it pretty easy the past couple of days. Hung out all day in the early afternoon and watched some rad bands with friends. I caught Mika with my friend Molly, then I rolled over to see Anathallo. This band is insanely good. I can’t believe I missed part of their set. I can’t wait to see them play again. Definitely watch out for them.
I met up with Anthony and Meredith and chilled with them after watching Lupe Fiasco at the Tapes & Tapes set in the Mojave tent. I had to peace out a bit early so I could go work for a bit. When I was done working, I was able to catch the end of Against Me, some of Lzilly Allen, and Jose Gonzalaz…who was amazing! I played around and was able to chill during sunset which was amazing and beautiful. The Dew Lab did a great job with entertaining and keeping the masses cool in the hot desert heat with their water features and large shady leaf sculptures. The art throughout the festival was incredible and really made the entire place feel like a playground for an art nerd like myself. At the end of the night, Rage Against the Machine played and I chose to stay as far away as possible for most of their set. I chose to go close out my three day weekend with The Leomheads, and they were awesome. I did end up catching the end of Rage and then hung with Anthony, Meredith, Ponce Laura Jean and several others for the rest of the evening. It was a nice closure to the weekend.


• Rage Against The Machine
• Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
• Air
• Happy Mondays
• Paul van Dyk
• Willie Nelson
• the Roots
• Crowded House
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Damien Rice
• Placebo
• Explosions in the Sky
• the Lemonheads
• Konono No.1
• Richie Hawtin
• Soul Wax Nite Versions
• Infected Mushroom
• Lily Allen
• Amos Lee
• Jose Gonzalez
• Spank Rock
• Rodrigo Y Gabriela
• Against Me!
• VNV Nation
• Ratatat
• Junior Boys
• the Feeling
• the Kooks
• CSS
• Klaxons
• Teddybears
• Tapes 'n Tapes
• Lupe Fiasco
• Mando Diao
• Grizzly Bear
• Mika
• the Coup
• the Avett Bros.
• Anathallo
• Kid Beyond
• Fair to Midland


5-1-07 Indio to LA, CA
Hang sesh

I took my sweet time this morning when I woke up. I don’t thing I actually left the condo until 2ish. I enjoyed the lovely view from my back porch of the golf course and mountains. Then I rolled back to the festival site. Everyone was hard at work breaking down all of the stages and such when I arrived. I went and met Victoria for lunch and ran into my dear friend Jonathan that I met last summer. Such a good dude. I decided to go and try to meet my lady friends at a spa near Palm Springs and ended up getting lost, so I just peaced out back to LA. I went directly to my good friend Ryan’s house to hang with him for the night. He’s awesome, always lets me roll in and crash whenever I am in town. LOVE it!



Slept in as much as I could today then I rolled out of bed to go meet Molly for coffe and ended up going back to her place to hang for a bit and nerd out on the internet. I was psyched for the evening because my friends from Denver and one of the most amazing live bands I have ever seen in my life was playing tonight at the Wiltern. I have never been to this venue before so that was just the icing on the cake for me….not to mention the rest of the line up…Against Me, Cursive and Mastadon (**** mastadon – Katie/Kevin feel free to insert comment here). I met up with Ryan after the show and went to some bar down the street from the venue then rolled back to his house again for a sleep session…awesome.